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The Digital Classroom
Young Writers Project
Essex Middle School
Edge AcademyAugust 25th, 2010
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What is a Digital Classroom?
Our digital writing classroom serves as our
community center, our stage, our soapbox,
our refuge from the worldIt serves as the
nucleus of our writing classroom.
- Nick Brooks, teacher, Williston Central School
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A Creative Management System
Audience = Feedback
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A Community of Writers
It has changed how my students
communicate. Sandra Baker, Essex Middle School
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Digital Opportunities
Student blogs shared with each other
Commenting with a purpose
No moderation we trust you will be civil Easy integration of audio and slides
Full multimedia integration slideshows,
video, video commenting Web applications easily embedded
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Real Writers Doing Real Writing
Engage: The technology draws students in and
gives them purpose an audience of peers.
Connect: Students gain understanding andrespect for each other through a supportive
peer-to-peer learning environment.
Learn: Through regular feedback given and
received students learn from each other.
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Reading Like a Writer
Civil constructive response:
What you were thinking, feeling when you red
the piece your reaction to the piece. No assessment, just what you experienced
What about the piece connected with your
reader? What confused you? Learn to do this in a civil way honestly and
frankly and another skill will be learned.
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Exercises, not Assignments
In creating community, students need to feel
an ownership of the space.
Exercise instead of an assignment. Regular, frequent writing and commenting.
Collaborative projects.
Risk-taking and greater student control.
Incentive to post additional, voluntary pieces.
Strong peer-to-peer support
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The Art ofRevision
Are my ideas communicated effectively?
What are the gaps?
Does the reader understand what I wanted toconvey?
Does my structure work? Have I enough
details? Is it compelling?
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The Art of Polish
Is my tone consistent?
What are the grammar issues?
Did I check the spelling?
Punctuation?
Did it engage me?
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Teachers Succeed if:
You lose control
Your students write more than you can keep
up with You rely on student leaders to help
You introduce things you dont fully
understand Your students introduce things to you and the
class that you dont understand at all
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Dont Lose Sleep
There are safety measures within the site.
YWP will help you learn and use the site
effectively.
So will peers at this school.
So will your students.
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End Goal
Your learning community will prepare students
for the responsibility to be civil in the digital
world.
EMS & Edge Academy are on the frontier of a
transformation of schools. It willhappen
You already have many demands, go digital.
This opportunity will provide training, mentoringand support to help EMS and Edge Academy grow
as an adaptive learning community.